mfarber@udel-relay.arpa@sri-unix.UUCP (10/15/83)
From: Manny Farber (Farber CC) <mfarber@udel-relay.arpa> To change a volume label, what has to be done is to: (all of this stuff is done using the Assembly Language functions listed in the appendix of the DOS 2.00 manual) 1. Change the attribute of the volume label to 0. 2. Once it is changed, it can be deleted, so delete the file. 3. Then, if you want a new volume label, create (there's a function to do this) a file with attribute 8 and having the name of what you want the volume label to be. The way the volume labels work is: 1. The volume label is actually a file stored with attribute 8. 2. The file's name is the volume label, so that's why it is limited to 11 characters. 3. You can only have one, of course. To get a volume label: 1. Use the function to search for a file, using file attr 8. I am going to write an assembly language program to do this sometime; when I do, I will send it into Info-IBMPC. -Manny * I believe that there is a utility in the Norton Utilities called "LABEL" or something that does this. [Yes, there is such a utility in the Norton package. -Ed.]